Relevance: Prelims: Environment and ecology Use of microorganisms to eliminate or reduce the concentrations of hazardous wastes at a contaminated
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Making Connection: Subculture and Counterculture
Making Connection: Subculture and Counterculture (Relevant for Sociology Optional UPSC) Subculture It is just as it sounds—a smaller cultural group within
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What Is HIERARCHY ?
Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Social Stratification What is Hierarchy? The literal meaning of term “hierarchy” is gradation or a ranking
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Additional Tier-1 bonds (AT-1 bonds)
Relevance: Prelims: Economy Why in news? The RBI reconstruction plan for Yes Bank puts to risk nearly Rs 9,000 crore
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Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
Relevance: Prelims: Polity Why in news? The Supreme Court held that the Central government cannot brand an organisation ‘political’ and
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Bi-luminescent security ink
Relevance: Prelims: Science and technology Why in news? CSIR-National Physical Laboratory has developed a bi-luminescent security ink which glows in
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►LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
Relevance: Prelims: General Science The LIGO observatories are funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and were conceived, built, and
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►GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
Relevance: Prelims: General Science Gravitational waves are small ripples in space-time curvature that are believed to travel across the universe
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►TYPES OF MONEY: Basic Economy
Relevant: Prelims: Economy: Indian Banking System Actual money: Money which actually circulates in the economy in terms of which all payments
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INDIAN BANKING SYSTEM: BASICS
Relevance: Prelims: Economy: Indian Banking System ►MONEY DEMAND Money demand (also known as liquidity preference) refers to holding money in
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Mahua Nutribeverage
Relevance: Prelims: International Why in news? The Government of India is set to launch a mahua-based alcoholic beverage in the
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West Bengal tops list in sites contaminated by toxic substances
Relevance: Prelims: Governance: Health There are 128 sites in India contaminated by toxic and hazardous substances, according to a March
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Safety for women at Workplace
Safety for women at Workplace Relevance: Sociology: Women Issues: Violence against Women: Patriarchy and division of labour; & G.S paper
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SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Social Stratification Social inequality is a universal phenomenon in all societies. It can exist either in
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Making Connections: Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
Making Connections: Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism Relevance: Sociology: Ethnocentrism Despite how much humans have in common, cultural differences are far
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